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Pointillism
The art of Georges Seurat
1859-1891
Georges Seurat was from France
Influenced by the Impressionist’s experimentation with color,
Postimpressionist painter Georges Seurat worked with new
techniques.
He developed a painting theory.He believed the eye could mix colors if small
dots were placed near each other.
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Seurat’s most famous painting is Sunday on La Grande Jatte
Over the past several decades, many scholars have
attempted to explain the meaning of this great painting.
For some, it shows the growing middle class at
leisure. Others think it shows social tensions between city dwellers of different social
classes, all of whom gather in the same public space but do
not interact.
• • Georges Seurat went
through a period when he used primary colors to see if the eye would mix them to make secondary colors.
• Did it work?
Draw a picture.
Work on one area at a time
Do not mix your colors on your pallet.
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